ABSTRACT
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) clients will terminate therapy in a number of ways. Sometimes they will do so in a planned manner; at other times termination will be unplanned. One way is to increase the interval between therapy sessions as a way of encouraging your clients to take increasing responsibility for their self-change process. Your clients may come back many years later for a one-off session or a brief number of therapy sessions. This model of termination is in accord with the work of Budman and Gurman who view therapy as an intervention to be used at different stages of a person's life cycle, and particularly when clients experience difficulty in making the transition from one life stage to the next. Finally, since ending a therapeutic alliance with your client is an important phase of therapy, be sure to discuss with him the best way to end the work you have done together.
